Chip-rack.



No. 740,236. PAT-ENTEDSEPT. 29, 1903.

s. A. COHEN. CHIP RACK.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14, 19M].

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UNITED STATES Patented eptember' 2 1903.

PATENT OFFitcE.

CHIP-RACK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 740,236, datedSeptember 29, 1903.

Application filed January 14, 1908. Serial No. 139,000. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, STANLEY A. COHEN, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in thecounty and State of- NewYol-k, have invented a new and Improved Ohip-Rack, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to game accessories; and its object is to providea new and improved chip-rack which is simple and durable in constructionand arranged to permit easy and quick attachment to or removal from atable and to bring the rack in position for the player to convenientlyplace the chips into the rack or remove the same therefrom. V

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations ofthe same, as will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointedout in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in whichsimilar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theviews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improvement arranged for andapplied to a table having straight sides. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectionof the same. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the improvement detached from atable. Fig. 4. is a rear face view of part of the same, and Fig. 5 is aplan view of the improvement arranged for rise on a roundtable. The bodyA of the chip -rack is either straight, when it is to be used on a tablehaving straight sides, or segmental, as shown in Fig. 5, when thechip-rack is to be used on a round table. In either case, however, thebodyA is provided with chip-retaining chambers A, arranged one alongsidethe other, opening at the top and having apertured bottoms A for thelowermost chip to rest on, the front of each chamber A having a verticalslot A for the insertion of the fingers to enable a player to remove adesired number of chips piled in the chamber or conveniently place thechips in position in the chamber.

On the back of the body. A, at the middle thereof, is secured aretaining-plate B, having a vertically-disposed dovetail groove B,

. adapted to be engaged by a correspondinglyshaped arm 0, projectingfrom the forward end of a U-shaped clamp 0, provided at its rear memberwith a clamping-screw O for engagement with a board D, depending fromthe table-top D, as plainly shown in Fig. 2.

On the front member of the U shaped clamp O is secured an elastic bossE, preferably made of rubber, adapted to abut against the front face ofthe board D, so that when the clamping-screw O is screwed up against theinner face of the said board then the clamping device is securelyfastened in position on the said board. Now as the arm 0 engages thedovetail groove B it is evident that the securely holding the rack-bodyA in position on the table. Furthermore, the felted projections F are ofsuch size as to bring the innor or rear face of the body A close to thefront edge of the tabletop D, as will be readily understood by referenceto Fig. 2.

Now from the foregoing it will be seen that the clamping device can bereadily secured to the table and its arm O engaged with the plate B tosecurely hold the rack-body A in position on the front of the tabledirectly in front of the player, so that the latter can convenientlyplace the chips into the chamber A or remove the same therefrom. Thusthe chips are at all times conveniently out of the way of the playersand still within easy reach of each individual player.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. A chip-rack comprising a bodyhaving a pluralityof chip-retainin g chambers arranged one alongside the other, thechambers being open at the top and the front of each chamher having avertical slot, each chamber having a fixed bottom comprising an inwardly

